East Asia and South Asia contain about 3.7 billion people (though not all shown on regular world maps), which represents where the game is now—that is where the stakes of geopolitical competition are highest.
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Speaker
Steven CodkinEvidence Quote
“That's where all the marbles are as they say, right? That's where the game is now.”
Source
Stephen Kotkin: Sphere of Influence I - The Gift of Geopolitics: How Worlds are Made, and Unmade— IWMViennaCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:14:33 PM
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